1 ~ (sth) (down) to write sth quickly and carelessly, especially because you do not have much time
SYNSCRAWL:
[VN] He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving. * There was a scribbled message on the back of the ticket. * She scribbled down her phone number and pushed it into his hand. * [V] Throughout the interview the journalists scribbled away furiously.
2 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to draw marks that do not mean anything:
Someone had scribbled all over the table in crayon.
Part of speech: noun
1 [U,sing.] careless and untidy writing
SYNSCRAWL:
How do you expect me to read this scribble?
2 [C,usually pl.] marks or pictures that seem to have no meaning
SYNSCRAWL:
The page was covered with a mass of scribbles.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for scribble is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is scribble a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, scribble is tagged as verb.
Does scribble appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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